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Renewables financing problem must be addressed: Ferguson
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Federal energy minister Martin Ferguson has said a meeting of 22 energy ministers from around the world – the third Clean Energy Ministerial meeting –...
Clean energy lag means world is headed for 6-degree-Celsius temperature rise, says IEA
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The world is far behind on delivering the low-carbon energy it needs, and unless urgent action is taken, calamitous climate change is certain, the...
CCS deployment not fast enough, says IEA
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Not enough money is being invested in the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology globally, the International Energy Agency (...
Agency plea over climate warning
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Leading energy ministers have been told the world is on track for a long-term temperature increase of 6C unless they change their priorities. The International...
IEA urges governments to speed up CO2 capture
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The U.K. allocated as much as 60 million pounds ($97 million) to encourage the development of carbon capture and storage technology in emerging markets. The...
BBC Online
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Iberdrola, the Spanish company which owns the energy company, reported that the headline measure of earnings for the UK subsidiary was £273m last year. The...
AEP Mountaineer CCS business case report
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The purpose of this report is to examine the issues surrounding installation of carbon capture technology on AEP’s generating fleet based on lessons learnt...
European energy funding plan gets mixed review
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The European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR) has had a generally positive effect, but some energy projects have yet to take off, according to a mid-term...
AEP Mountaineer II Project - Front end engineering and design (FEED) report
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This public design report provides select non-proprietary design information from the Phase I – Project Definition work products associated with the carbon...
Why King Coal won’t pay to clean the throne
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One of the most stunning comments to come from the coal industry in the ABC TV’s 7.30 investigation into carbon capture and storage this week was not the...
Tenaska Trailblazer front end engineering design (FEED) study
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Tenaska selected Fluor Econamine FG PlusSM technology and contracted with Fluor to complete a front end engineering and design (FEED) study for the carbon...
Shale boom reduces producers' profits, kills alternative energy projects
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Electricity prices in the United States have fallen by half since 2008 due to a glut in natural gas supplies, which has led to decreased investment in other...
Is the future of British coal burning it underground?
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Opinion piece critical of CCS’s commercial development in the UK.
Indian generator Essar Energy to build eight coal-fired power plants
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An energy company listed on the London Stock Exchange is planning to spend up to an estimated $6bn (£3.8bn) building eight coal-fired power stations that could...
BP axes solar power business
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BP moves away from CCS BP has taken the axe to its solar power business, saying it "can't make any money" from selling panels at a time when it continues to...
Tonnes of watt ifs over coal’s future
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If the global average level of efficiency of coal-fired power plants were 5 per cent higher than expected, such an accelerated move towards more efficient...
Nuclear power can save billions
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Treasury modelling concludes that we would have to invest more than $700bn in overseas abatement permits to reduce carbon emissions to 80 per cent below 2000...
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air may be too costly to be practical -- study
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One of the seemingly ideal and direct solutions to climate change is to efficiently vacuum up greenhouse gases straight from the atmosphere. But a new study...
Carbon capture? Go for the source
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Since most of the world’s governments have not yet enacted regulations to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, some experts have advocated the development of...
Analysis: carbon capture looks really, really expensive
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has mostly received attention as a way to limit the impact of burning coal, which emits the most CO2 of all fossil fuels....
Market backed to tackle carbon
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OECD report says CCS can cut costs of climate change mitigation
Financing a new Pulverized Coal Plant with Post Combustion Carbon Capture
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Tenaska, in its role as developer, will be responsible for obtaining financing for the project. Tenaska has raised approximately US$11.4 billion in aggregate...
What's next: Carbon capture and storage
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Since there are no immediate economic alternatives to CO2 causing manufacturing processes, an attempt is being made to capture the CO2 at the point where it is...
Carbon dioxide capture, storage still too costly
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US conference discusses CCS costs. A dramatic reduction in carbon dioxide capture and sequestration (CCS) costs are needed before society will accept CCS was...
It's "make or break" for Europe CCS: Shell
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Shell say CCS has fallen “behind the curve”. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the European Union is at a crossroads as to whether it will succeed or fail as...
